soestat Command

Purpose

Displays Serial over Ethernet (SoE) device driver information and statistics information of various SoE device drivers.

Syntax

soestat [-a] | [-d sa_device_name [-p tty_device]] [-r] [-v]

Description

The soestat command symbolically displays the driver information and statistics information of various SoE adapter (sa) serial devices and the teletype (tty) devices by using the SoE device driver.

Flags

-a
Displays statistics information for all sa serial devices and tty devices.
-d sa_device_name
Displays statistics information for a specific sa device and all tty devices that are configured for the specified sa device.
-p tty_device
Displays statistics information for a specific sa device and specific tty device.
-r
Resets all statistic information to their initial values.
-v
Verbose mode. Displays additional debug information.

Location

/usr/sbin/soestat

Files

/usr/sbin/soestat
Contains the soestat command.
/usr/lib/drivers/soedd
Contains the SoE kernel extension.
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Security

You can run this command with all flags except the -r flag, which resets the statistic information. You must be either a root, or have aix.device.monitor.tty authority to use the -r flag.

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Examples

  1. To display information about all SoE devices, enter:
    # soestat -a
  2. To display information about the sa0 SoE Adapter only, enter:
    # soestat -d sa0
  3. To display information about tty1 tty (teletype) device, which is connected to the sa0 SoE adapter, enter:
    # soestat -d sa0 -p tty1
  4. To reset all statistic information, enter:
    # soestat -ar
  5. To reset information of the tty1 tty (teletype) device, which is connected to the sa0 SoE Adapter, enter:
    # soestat -r -d sa0 -p tty1